Ragsdale v. Genesco, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
674 F.2d 277 · 1982
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 47 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2019 · most notably Taylor v. Freeland & Kronz (1992), Goff v. Taylor (1983)
17 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 105 · 11 U.S.C. § 522
Relies on Vasilion v. Vasilion · In Re Ford · Martine v. Cipa (In Re Cipa) · Ragsdale v. Genesco, Inc. (In Re Ragsdale)
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The phrase 'to the extent such interest ... is exempt from process under applicable nonbankruptcy law' is of decisive importance. If the Ragsdales' residential real property could be reached to satisfy a state court judgment in Virginia, it could not be successfully claimed as exempt”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sumy v. Schlossberg · In re Jaffe“to the extent that such interest as a tenant by the entirety or joint tenant is exempt from process under applicable nonbankruptcy law”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sumy v. Schlossberg · In Re Sumy“The court may issue any order, process, or judgment that is necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this title. No provision of this title providing for the raising of an issue by a party in interest shall be construed to preclude the court from, sua sponte, taking any action or making any determination necessary or appropriate to enforce or implement court orders or rules, or to prevent an abuse or process.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.